Speaker letter p House Hansard index Parliament 43 Session 1

House speaker index

Letter: P

Pang, B. (PC, Markham—Unionville)
- Affordable Energy Act, 2024 (Bill 214)
  - second reading, 10072, 10080–10083
- Affordable Homes and Good Jobs Act, 2023 (Bill 134)
  - third reading, 6682–6683
- Agriculture industry
  - government strategy
    - regulatory reform, 1761
- Animal welfare
  - government strategy, 3976
- Artgem Granite and Marble Inc. Act, 2023 (Bill Pr12)
  - first reading, 2172
  - second reading, 3388
  - third reading, 3388
- Arts and culture industry
  - Ontario Art Council, 10889
  - Ontario Creates, 10890
- Automotive industry - investments
  - general remarks, 3289
- Better for Consumers, Better for Businesses Act, 2023 (Bill 142)
  - second reading, 5833, 5870–5875
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1573, 1585
  - third reading, 2077, 2091
- Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act, 2023 (Bill 98)
  - second reading, 3695–3698, 3710
  - stakeholder consultation, 3710
- Broadband infrastructure development
  - utility infrastructure data
    - collection and sharing, 4620–4621
- Budget 2023/2024
  - education, 3361
  - employment services, 4293
  - general remarks, 3359
  - health care, 4294
  - infrastructure development, 3151
  - mines and mining industry
    - Critical Mineral Strategy, 3359
  - mining industry
    - Critical Mineral Strategy, 3359
  - senior citizens, 3359–3360
  - transit development, 4292
- Budget speech 2023 (March 23, 2023)
  - responded to, 3289, 3359–3361, 3368
- Building a Better Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2024 (Bill 180)
  - second reading, 8168, 8175, 8215
- Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 3151, 3168
  - third reading, 4292–4294, 4314, 4413
- Building Infrastructure Safely Act, 2024 (Bill 153)
  - second reading, 6630
- Building More Mines Act, 2023 (Bill 71)
  - second reading, 2658
- Carbon tax
  - cost of living, impact on, 8926, 9480
- Career colleges
  - administration reform
    - enforcement, monetary penalties, 4620
  - legislative review, 4620
- Child care
  - government funding, 9348
- Child protection system
  - reform, 8713
- Children and youth
  - online privacy
    - education and awareness, 9664
- Children and youth in care
  - Ready, Set, Go Program, 8714
  - regulations, 9442
- Chinese community
  - education and awareness
    - Chinese Heritage month, 9146
- Community events - by region
  - Markham–Unionville, 1066, 1548, 3369
  - Mushkegowuk—James Bay, 2436–2437
- Community festivals
  - by region
    - Markham–Unionville, 673
- Consumer protection
  - notices of security interest (NOSIs), 5871–5875
- Consumer protection - home owners
  - notice of security interests (NOSIs)
    - stakeholder consultation, 6054
  - notice of security interests (NOSIs), disclosure of, 4954–4956, 4959
- Convenient Care at Home Act, 2023 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 5641, 5645
- Cost of living
  - government strategy, 9121
- Crime - prevention
  - government strategy, 10230–10231
- Crime rates
  - factors affecting, 3975
- Croatian Heritage Day Act, 2023
  - second reading, 3648–3649
- Curriculum
  - employment readiness, 2304
    - skilled trades, 3696
  - language
    - government strategy, 3544
  - ministerial review and revision, 3697
- Curriculum - math
  - government strategy, 3544–3545
  - reform, 9068
- Curriculum - skilled trades
  - general remarks, 2304
- Cutting Red Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 (Bill 227)
  - second reading, 10514, 10518
- Debates re answers to question period
  - School transportation
    - responded to, 9780
- Eastern Children of Israel Congregation Act, 2024 (Bill Pr36)
  - first reading, 5821
  - second reading, 8733
  - third reading, 8733
- Education
  - literacy skills
    - government strategy, 3696
  - math skills
    - government strategy, 3696
- Education funding
  - allocation, 3698
  - general remarks, 3697
  - government strategy, 9068
  - projections, 3697
  - student outcomes, 3696
- Education - student outcomes
  - graduation rates, 9068
- Education workers - labour disputes, union contracts and negotiations
  - bargaining process, 1041
- Electric vehicles
  - investments in, 3360
- Electric vehicles - batteries
  - factories, 3359
- Electricity rates
  - affordability, 10552
    - nuclear, 10552
- Employment
  - rate of, 4292
- Employment standards
  - service industry, 7101
- Energy generation
  - government strategy, 8056, 8926
- Enhancing Access to Justice Act, 2024 (Bill 157)
  - third reading, 7574
- Entrepreneurship - funding
  - regional support programs, 3429
- Gas stations
  - prepayment models, 3778
- Get It Done Act, 2024 (Bill 162)
  - second reading, 7387
- Government advertising
  - education, 10045
- Government orders
  - Member's conduct
    - amendment to the amendment
      - responded to, 5562–5564
- Government record - Liberal (2003-2018)
  - budgets, 4413
- Government record - Liberals (2003-2018)
  - budgets, 4413
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - children and youth policy, 9664
  - mental health and addictions policy, 3974
- Greenbelt Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 136)
  - second reading, 5906
- Gun control
  - illegal guns, trafficking, 2127
- Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 3625, 3630, 3635–3636, 3640
- Home and community care - reform
  - government funding, 5641
- Home ownership
  - access, 2077
- Housing development - approvals and permits
  - timelines, 1573, 1585
- Immigrants - access to professions and trades
  - government funding, 4292
- Immunization
  - general remarks, 10262
- Improving Real Estate Management Act, 2024 (Bill 151)
  - second reading, 6408, 6418–6420
- Innovation and technology industry
  - government strategy, 1371
  - investments, 1371
- Intimate partner violence
  - partner history, disclosure of, 4898–4899
- Judicial education
  - sexual assault law, intimate partner violence and coercive control, 3951, 3975
- Jurors and juries
  - selection process, 1764
- Keeping Energy Costs Down Act, 2024 (Bill 165)
  - second reading, 7311–7312, 7326
- Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
  - second reading, 1041, 1057
- Legislative pages
  - appreciation, 2898
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Economy Act, 2023 (Bill 91)
  - third reading, 4610, 4620–4621
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2023 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1761–1764
  - third reading, 2918
- Life jackets
  - children 12 and under
    - use of, requirements, 3890–3891
- Locates
  - fees for, consumer, 6630
- Long-term care - beds
  - wait-list, 822
- Manufacturing industry - funding
  - Ontario Made Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit, 3360
- Markham–Unionville
  - government funding, 1865
- Members' statements
  - Community safety, 10642
  - Consumer protection, 6054
  - Dragon Boat Team Canada, 6988–6989
  - Events in Markham–Unionville, 339, 1066, 1548, 2436–2437, 3369, 3861–3862
  - Flu and COVID-19 immunization, 10262–10263
  - Government investments, 1865
  - Health care post-secondary education, 8178
  - Lunar new year, 7294
  - Lupus Awareness Day, 4561–4562
  - Markham Jazzlicious WinterFest, 8475
  - Mother's Day, 9162
  - Non-profit organizations, 5647
  - Riding of Markham–Unionville, 5211
  - Senior Volunteer Appreciation Week, 9304
  - Seniors, 7775
  - Students, 2898
  - Thanksgiving, 9791–9792
  - Tourism, 673
  - University and college funding, 10939
- Members'/ministers' constituencies
  - Markham–Unionville, 339
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - wearing of paraphernalia
    - ribbons, 4161, 8915
- Mental health and addictions services
  - HART hubs, 10457–10458
- More Beds, Better Care Act, 2022 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 335, 365
- Municipal councillors
  - legislative tools, 2091
- Opposition day motions
  - Education funding
    - responded to, 9068
- Paramedics and paramedic services
  - community paramedicine, 822
- Petitions
  - Cycling infrastructure, 10503
  - Economic development, 354
  - Police funding, 4578
  - Taxation, 3877
- Police officers - employment
  - recruitment and retention
    - government strategy, 3976
- Police services
  - government strategy, 3975
- Post-secondary education - mental health and addictions
  - supports and services
    - access, 8832
- Preventing Unethical Puppy Sales Act, 2024 (Bill 159)
  - second reading, 8472
- Private members' public business
  - Childcare and Early Years Workforce Strategy Advisory Committee Act, 2024 (Bill 191)
    - second reading, 9348
  - Chinese Heritage Month Act, 2024 (Bill 183)
    - second reading, 9146
  - Community safety
    - presented, 10468–10470
    - responded to, 10473
  - Consumer protection
    - presented, 4954–4956
    - responded to, 4959
  - Croatian Heritage Day Act, 2024 (Bill 81)
    - second reading, 3648–3649
  - Domestic violence
    - responded to, 4898–4899
  - Joshua's Law (Lifejackets for Life), 2023 (Bill 93)
    - second reading, 3890–3891
  - Kids' Online Safety and Privacy Month Act, 2024 (Bill 133)
    - second reading, 9664
  - Protecting Ontarians by Enhancing Gas Station Safety to Prevent Gas and Dash Act, 2023 (Bill 88)
    - second reading, 3778
- Progress on the Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1340
- Public assets
  - centralization, entities
    - transferal to Ministry of Infrastructure, 6419–6420
- Public safety
  - government strategy, 8175, 9744
- Puppy mills
  - prevention, 8472
- Question period
  - Arts and cultural funding
    - presented, 10889–10890
  - Crime prevention
    - presented, 2127
  - Curriculum
    - presented, 2303–2304
  - Employment standards
    - presented, 7101
  - Energy policies
    - presented, 10552
  - Government advertising
    - responded to, 10045
  - Literacy and basic skills
    - presented, 3544–3545
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 821–822
  - Manufacturing jobs
    - presented, 3428–3429
  - Public safety
    - presented, 9744, 10230
  - Public transit
    - presented, 3374–3375
  - School nutrition programs
    - responded to, 10120
  - School trustees
    - responded to, 10654
  - Seniors
    - presented, 5325–5326
  - Skilled trades
    - presented, 792, 3251
  - Taxation
    - presented, 8056, 8647, 8926, 9480
    - responded to, 9121
  - Technology sector
    - presented, 1371
- Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 (Bill 212)
  - second reading, 9789–9790
- Regulations - business
  - reduction
    - monetary value, 4621
- Regulatory environment
  - reform, 1761–1762
- Safer Streets, Stronger Communities Act, 2024 (Bill 223)
  - second reading, 10457–10458
  - third reading, 10790–10791
- School board trustees
  - training and code of conduct, 3698
- School boards
  - accountability and transparency, 9068
- School boards - information sharing practices
  - to parents, 3696–3697
- School buses
  - government funding
    - funding formula, 9780
- School facilities - capital projects
  - new school construction, timelines
    - government strategy, 3697
- Schools
  - student nutrition programs
    - government funding, 10120
- Senior citizens
  - community supports, services, and programs
    - education and awareness, 5326
  - Senior's Community Grant recipients
    - Markham Museum, 5325–5326
- Skilled trades - employment
  - labour shortage, 3251
    - government strategy, 792
- Strengthening Accountability and Student Supports Act, 2024 (Bill 166)
  - third reading, 8832
- Strengthening Safety and Modernizing Justice Act, 2023 (Bill 102)
  - second reading, 3951, 3974–3976
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - third reading, 696
- Support for Seniors and Caregivers Act, 2024 (Bill 235)
  - second reading, 11049
- Supporting Children's Futures Act, 2024 (Bill 188)
  - second reading, 8601, 8605, 8616, 8691, 8713–8715
  - third reading, 9442
- Toronto District School Board
  - trustee trip to Italy
    - governance review process, 10654
- Toronto Police Services
  - illegal gun, trafficking
    - investigation outcomes, 2127
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) expansion - Yonge North extension
  - general remarks, 4292
- Tourism industry
  - economic impact, 673
- Transit
  - fare system, affordability
    - government strategy, 3374–3375
- Transit-oriented communities
  - gridlock, impact on, 9789–9790
- Victims of crime
  - emotional distress, presumption of
    - eligible crimes, 7574
- Volunteers
  - education and awareness
    - Senior Volunteer Appreciation Week, 9304
- York University
  - School of Medicine, 8178
- Your Health Act, 2023 (Bill 60)
  - second reading, 2348, 2429
Parsa, Hon. M. (PC, Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill)
- Affordable housing
  - alternative financing models
    - land leasing, 860
    - rent-to-own, 860
  - government strategy, 859
  - inclusionary zoning, 859
- Affordable housing - access
  - statements by stakeholders, 1440
- Appreciation
  - Glass, Karen, 9422
- Autism services
  - access, 4264
- Autism services - government funding
  - complex and special needs, 10649
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1440–1442
  - third reading, 2052–2054, 2066–2067, 2088
- Budget 2024/2025
  - developmental services, 8703
- Child protection system
  - agency information sharing practices
    - reform, 8586, 9354–9355
  - government funding, 9745
  - government strategy, 8800
  - inspectors, number of, 7551
  - reform, 8584–8585, 9114–9115, 9298–9299, 9353–9354
    - statements by stakeholders, 9353
  - stakeholder consultation, 9362
- Child protection system - Indigenous families
  - customary care, 5783–5784
- Child protection system - reform
  - general remarks, 5784
- Child welfare
  - abuse and neglect
    - duty to report, 8592, 9355
- Child welfare services
  - government funding, 5783, 6519
- Children and youth
  - online privacy
    - protection from harm, 9297–9298
  - programs and services
    - funding, 5943
  - supports and services
    - access to, 10769–10770
- Children and youth in care
  - adoption-placement settings
    - regulation, 8586, 9355
  - experience in, permitted to disclose, 8593, 9298
  - foster and group homes
    - inspections, 8592
    - oversight, 8586, 9354
  - government funding, 10174–10175
  - protection of privacy, 8587, 9298
  - rights, 8586
  - rights, Ombudsman of Ontario, 9355
  - transition out of care
    - funding, 3198
    - programs and services, 3199
- Children and youth in care - former
  - protection of privacy, 9355
    - statements by stakeholders, 9355
- Children and youth in care - Indigenous
  - child welfare agencies, accountability, 3610–3612
- Children and youth in care - Ready, Set, Go Program
  - general remarks, 7306
  - government funding, 9363
  - supports and services, 9362–9363
- Children's aid societies (CASs) - by site
  - York Region Children's Aid Society
    - Ombudsman investigation and recommendations
      - Rights Unrecognized: Mia’s Story (2024), 8800
- Community housing
  - government funding, 860
  - government strategy, 860
- Cost of living
  - government strategy, 6918
  - low income earners
    - government strategy, 10276
- Developmental services
  - government funding, 7835, 8924
  - government strategy, 4392, 8703
- Developmental services - adult
  - government funding, 3140
  - government strategy, 3140
- École Polytechnique, shooting (December 6, 1989), commemoration, 7072
- Food security
  - government strategy, 6066
  - support programs
    - funding, 3667
- Gender-based violence
  - statistics, 7072–7073
    - Indigenous people, 7073
- Gender-based violence - prevention
  - educating men, 7073
  - Indigenous-led strategies, 7073–7074
  - national action plan
    - implementation, 7073–7074
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - housing policy, 664, 2088
    - tenant protections, 2969
  - sexual violence, harassment, and trafficking prevention policy, 4069–4070, 7150–7151
- Heritage properties
  - designation process, 1599
- Home ownership
  - access
    - government strategy, 2550
- Housing Affordability Task Force
  - membership, 1598
  - recommendations, 99–100
- Housing development
  - building targets, municipalities, 858–859
  - completion timelines, 1440
- Housing development - approvals and permits
  - general remarks, 859–860
  - timelines
    - impact on costs, 2039, 2054
    - statements by stakeholders, 2052–2053
    - type of housing, 934
- Housing development - construction
  - government strategy, 90–91, 635–636, 1316
  - municipal-provincial relationship, 666
  - starts, 99, 350, 664, 2038
  - taxation
    - rebates, 1599
  - timelines
    - statements by stakeholders, 2053
  - types of
    - modular housing units, 2910
- Housing development - densification
  - secondary units, 859, 1598, 1716
- Housing development - municipal charges
  - development charges
    - cost of, 872, 3033
  - development charges, exemptions and discounts, 1323, 1716
  - exemptions and discounts, 1598–1599
- Housing development - provincial building targets
  - general remarks, 99, 740, 1528
  - municipal allocations, 935
- Housing market
  - speculation taxes
    - vacant homes tax, 1600
- Housing policy
  - development
    - municipal coordination, 1599
  - government strategy, 1528, 2038, 2067, 2158, 2309
- Housing supply
  - government strategy, 290, 2052
  - impact on labour shortage
    - statements by stakeholders, 2052
  - increase
    - government strategy, 872
  - land speculation
    - impact of, 1599
- Housing Supply Action Plan Implementation Team (HSAPIT)
  - membership, 100
    - chair and vice-chair, 100–101
  - review and consultation, 100
- Housing supply - population growth projections
  - immigration, 2054
- Human trafficking - prevention
  - awareness and education
    - Human Trafficking Awareness Day, 7151
  - child and youth
    - Children at Risk of Exploitation (CARE) Units, 7151
  - government strategy
    - Ontario's anti-human trafficking strategy 2020-2025, 7150–7151
- Intimate partner violence
  - government funding, 8250, 10548–10549
  - government strategy, 8250, 8254, 10557, 10955
    - standing committee on justice, study on, 8252
  - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, 10954
- Intimate partner violence - prevention
  - government funding, 10177
- Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
  - time allocation motion
    - presented, 1135
- Land use planning
  - approval timelines
    - ministerial responsibility
      - Community Infrastructure and Housing Accelerator (CIHA), 99
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2023 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1801–1802
- Members'/ministers' correction of record, 3147, 8749
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - wearing of paraphernalia
    - pins, 9108
    - ribbons, 7058
- Ministerial statements
  - Dress Purple Day
    - presented, 5783–5784
  - Human trafficking
    - presented, 7150–7151
  - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
    - presented, 7072–7074, 10954–10955
  - Sexual Assault Prevention Month
    - presented, 4069–4070
- Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
  - government funding, 9590, 9635–9636
- More Beds, Better Care Act, 2022 (Bill 7)
  - third reading, 563
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - second reading, 858–861
  - statements by stakeholders, 2158
  - third reading, 1598–1600
- Municipal by-laws
  - passage
    - prescribed number of councillors
      - procedural rules, 2054
      - provincial priorities, 1442, 2053
- Municipal elections
  - mayoral resignation
    - by-elections
      - reform, 1441
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system
  - accountability and oversight, 2054
    - conflict of interest, 2054
  - applicable regions, 2053
    - regulations, 665
  - in other jurisdictions
    - United States, 665
  - provincial priorities, 665
    - government strategy, 1440
    - regulations, 1441
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system, administrative authority
  - conflict of interest, 1441
  - general remarks, 2053
  - scope of, 1441
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system - effect on housing development
  - general remarks, 1442
- National Housing Strategy (federal) - funding
  - provincial input, 1831–1832
- New home construction industry
  - builder accountability
    - fines and penalties, 1599
- New Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA)
  - builder fines, collection of
    - return to consumer, 1599
- Ontario Autism Program (OAP)
  - access to, 8698
  - consultation, 7414, 8699
  - government funding, 5409, 8702, 9590, 9636
  - programs and services, 3196, 9636
    - access, 5409
  - service delivery, 3138
  - wait-list, 4862
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - benefit rates
  - and cost of living, 4449
  - increase, 4006–4007
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - benefit rates, increase
  - general remarks, 3138, 7979
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - benefit rates, increases, 4006–4007
  - general remarks, 3138
- Pediatric hospitals - services
  - complex care
    - funding programs, 4065
- Persons with developmental disabilities
  - government strategy, 9797
- Persons with disabilities
  - employment, access
    - government strategy, 4651–4652
- Population
  - growth projections
    - immigration, 1440
- Private members' public business
  - Ukrainian Heritage Month Act, 2024 (Bill 215)
    - second reading, 10686
- Property tax
  - assessment reform, 1599
- Public assets - surplus
  - conversion to affordable housing, 860
- Question period
  - Affordable housing
    - responded to, 1779, 2309, 2861–2862, 2968
  - Assistance to persons with disabilities
    - responded to, 4006–4007, 4651–4652
  - Assisted housing
    - responded to, 1323, 3140, 4392
  - Autism treatment
    - responded to, 3138–3139, 3196, 4264, 4862, 5409, 7414, 8698–8699, 8702
  - Child and family services
    - responded to, 3610–3612, 8800, 9114–9115, 9745, 10174–10175, 10649, 10769–10770
  - Children and youth
    - responded to, 5943
  - Children's aid societies
    - responded to, 6519–6520
  - Children's mental health services
    - responded to, 7306
  - Cost of living
    - responded to, 10655–10656
  - Domestic violence
    - responded to, 8250, 8252, 8254, 10177, 10548–10549, 10557
  - Food banks
    - responded to, 5280, 6066–6067
  - Gender-based violence
    - responded to, 5771
  - Government accountability
    - responded to, 2157–2158, 6918
  - Homelessness
    - responded to, 1964–1965
  - Housing
    - responded to, 290, 350, 635–636, 740, 871–872, 934–935, 1527–1528, 1716, 1831–1832, 2251–2252, 2488, 2550, 2910
  - Indigenous children's services
    - responded to, 7551
  - Land use planning
    - responded to, 1316
  - Licence plates
    - responded to, 5997
  - Ministry spending
    - responded to, 9590, 9635–9636
  - Ontario Disability Support Program
    - responded to, 4449
  - School nutrition programs
    - responded to, 3667, 5407, 10120
  - Services for children and youth
    - responded to, 3198–3199
  - Services for persons with disabilities
    - responded to, 7835, 8703, 8924–8925, 9797
  - Sexual assault crisis centres
    - responded to, 4265–4266
  - Social assistance
    - responded to, 4171, 7979, 10276
  - Social services
    - responded to, 3137–3138
  - Special-needs children
    - responded to, 4065
  - Supportive housing
    - responded to, 5705
  - Tenant protection
    - responded to, 743, 2488, 2969
  - Veterans
    - responded to, 3507
- Rental housing
  - annual increase rates, 2861
- Rental housing - development
  - government strategy, 2252
  - purpose-built, 2251
- Rental housing - tenant protections
  - general remarks, 2488
  - replacement bylaws, 860
- Reports by committees
  - Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy
    - Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39), 2037–2039
- School boards - funding
  - student nutrition programs, 3667
- Schools
  - student nutrition programs
    - government funding, 5407, 9047, 10120
    - organizational partnerships, 5407
- Sexual assault crisis centres
  - government funding, 4265–4266
- Sexual violence and harassment
  - awareness and education
    - Sexual Assault Prevention Month, 4069–4070
  - services and supports
    - government funding, 4069–4070
- Social assistance programs
  - government strategy, 4171
- Soldier's Aid Commission
  - government funding, 3507, 5997
- Strengthening Cyber Security and Building Trust in the Public Sector Act, 2024 (Bill 194)
  - second reading, 9297–9299, 9819–9821
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 99–101
  - third reading, 663–666
- Student debt
  - reduction, 6108
- Supporting Children's Futures Act, 2024 (Bill 188)
  - first reading, 8487–8488
  - second reading, 8584–8587, 8592–8593
  - stakeholder consultation, 9362
  - third reading, 9353–9356, 9362–9363
- Supportive housing
  - government strategy, 4392, 5705
- Supportive housing - development
  - development and construction
    - funding by region, 1323
- Time allocation motions
  - Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
    - presented, 1135
- Transit-oriented communities
  - development of, 1598
    - government strategy, 859
  - housing development
    - government strategy, 2550
- Unhoused persons
  - government funding, 1964
  - warming centres, 1965
- Unhoused persons - support programs and services
  - Homelessness Prevention Program, 2968
Pasma, C. (NDP, Ottawa West—Nepean)
- Affordable housing
  - "affordable," definition, 954–955
  - availability of
    - by region
      - Ottawa, 8661
  - general remarks, 61, 244, 702
- Affordable housing - access
  - general remarks, 704, 956–957
- Affordable housing - by region
  - Ottawa, 703, 8661
    - availability of, 244
- Affordable housing - in other jurisdictions
  - British Columbia, 6338
- Affordable housing - non-market housing
  - government role in, 956
  - vs. market housing, 954, 956
- Algonquin College
  - government funding
    - and program reductions, 9479
- Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients - transfer to long-term care facilities, non-preferred home, 636
  - general remarks, 636
- Ambulance services
  - "code zero," increase in, 988
  - sector capacity, 987
  - service availability, 988
    - regional shortages, 390
  - service availability, by region
    - Ottawa, 5630
  - wait-time
    - by region
      - Ottawa, 242
- Apprenticeships
  - training programs, secondary students
    - student safety, 4903
- Autism services - government funding
  - in-school supports, 8202–8203
- Automobile thefts
  - prevention, 10407
- Better for Consumers, Better for Businesses Act, 2023 (Bill 142)
  - committee process
    - amendments, consideration of, 6975
  - second reading, 5870
  - statements by stakeholders, 6974
  - third reading, 6946, 6971–6976
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - municipal councils response
    - motions (Ottawa), 2120
- Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act, 2023 (Bill 98)
  - amendments
    - consideration of, 4891–4894
  - committee process, 4888, 4891
  - committee submissions, 4893–4894, 4903
  - second reading, 3603, 3605, 3651–3661, 3681, 3690
  - stakeholder consultation, 4902–4903
    - statements by stakeholder, 3659
  - third reading, 4887–4894, 4901–4905
- Budget 2022/2023
  - cost of living, 244
  - general remarks, 241–242
  - health care, 242
- Budget speech 2023 (March 23, 2023)
  - responded to, 3365
- Building a Better Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2024 (Bill 180)
  - second reading, 8175–8178, 8202–8204
- Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 3128, 3132
- Building a Strong Ontario Together Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 146)
  - second reading, 6089–6093, 6097, 6108
- Building Infrastructure Safely Act, 2024 (Bill 153)
  - second reading, 6643, 6652–6657, 6667
- Cancer - breast cancer
  - surgical procedures
    - government funding, 4059
- Career colleges
  - private career colleges
    - "private," removal, 3451
- Child care - spaces
  - sector capacity
    - FAO report: Ministry of Education: Spending Plan Review, 1320
- Child care - staff
  - compensation
    - impact on retention, 9349
- Children and youth
  - mental health
    - screen time, impact of, 8455
  - vape use, 8455
- Children and youth in care
  - preventative measures, 8719
- Climate change
  - impact on municipalities
    - Ottawa, 2558
  - reports and recommendations, stakeholders
    - IPCC: AR6 Synthesis Report Climate Change 2023, 3065
- Community housing
  - government strategy, 8661
  - wait-list
    - Ottawa, 244, 953
    - regional, 702, 3822
    - statements by stakeholders, 3823
- Community safety
  - support services, access
    - impact of, 3983
- Condominium corporations
  - roles and responsibilities
    - emergency power generators, 2280–2281
- Consumer protection
  - advocate, creation of, 6976
  - gag orders, 6973
  - general remarks, 6971–6972
- Consumer protection - home owners
  - notice of security interests (NOSIs), 6972, 6974
- Convenient Care at Home Act, 2023 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 5375, 5624–5627, 5629–5630, 5636, 5642
- Cost of living
  - community supports for
    - funding, 386
  - general remarks, 244–245, 4760
  - government strategy, 10655
  - inflation, 244, 703
- Cost of living - by region
  - Ottawa, 8176–8177
- Court administration
  - process efficiency, 3983
- Curriculum
  - mental health literacy, 4247
- Custodians/custodial staff
  - role in schools, 1033
- Cutting Red Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 (Bill 227)
  - second reading, 10484–10486
- Cybersecurity
  - public agencies
    - government funding, 9753, 9757
      - schools, 9754–9756, 9758
- Debates re answers to question period
  - Provincial schools
    - presented, 7390–7391
  - School transportation
    - presented, 9779–9780
- Dental care - senior citizens
  - general remarks, 245
- Doctors
  - administrative responsibilities, 7743
- Doctors - family doctors
  - access, by region
    - Ottawa, 7350–7351
  - shortage, 8177
  - shortage, by region
    - Ottawa, 7667
- Doctors - primary care
  - regional shortages, 809
  - shortage
    - impact of, 7743
- Early childhood educators (ECEs)
  - compensation, 4974
  - role in schools, 1033
- École Polytechnique
  - shooting (December 6, 1989)
    - commemoration, 2020
- Education
  - math skills
    - math coaches, hiring of, 3653
- Education - class sizes
  - and equity, 3087
  - high schools, 3652
  - impact on students, 3652
- Education - COVID-19
  - infection control
    - community support initiatives, 1240
- Education - French-language
  - francophone authority over
    - constitutional right to, 4888–4889, 4891–4893
  - general remarks, 8203
  - history of, 4889
- Education funding
  - allocation
    - FAO report: Ministry of Education: Spending Plan Review, 1320, 1370
  - allocation vs. inflation, 3086–3087, 3801
  - education workers, number of, 3603, 3653
  - FAO report: Expenditure Monitor 2022-23: Q3, 2664–2665
  - funding models, high schools
    - e-learning courses, 3652
  - general remarks, 3072–3073, 6091–6093, 8798
  - Grants for Student Needs (GSN)
    - inflation, 4905
  - inflation, 3653
  - mental health services, 3657
  - operational allocation
    - special education, 3073
  - per student, 4905, 5814–5815, 6615, 8799
  - program allocation, 817
  - support programs, 4903
  - technological education, 3681
  - violence prevention, 4905
- Education funding - special education
  - funding models, 3655, 3661
    - needs based, 4904
  - general remarks, 3655, 4901
  - supports and services, 4902
- Education - mental health
  - services
    - government funding, 9064–9065
  - students, access, 2374, 2442–2443, 3087, 3657–3658, 4248
- Education - special education services
  - access, 3655–3656
    - impact on students, 4901
  - access to, 8702
  - government funding, 8455–8456
    - staff shortages, 9064
  - students, access, 3087
- Education - sports and recreation
  - general remarks, 8203
- Education - student outcomes
  - government strategy, 3661
- Education workers
  - shortage, 9119
    - impact on schools, 1032, 1034, 1240, 1242, 3653, 7977
- Education workers - compensation
  - cost of living, 1032, 1073
  - impact on retention, 1035
  - inflation, 1035
  - statements by stakeholders, 1242
- Education workers - labour disputes
  - strikes
    - public response, 1241
- Education workers - labour disputes, union contracts and negotiations
  - bargaining process, 1212, 1241, 1369–1370
- Education workers - role in schools
  - effect on students
    - statements by stakeholders, 1241
  - general remarks, 1032
  - statements by stakeholders, 1032, 1034
- Educational assistants (EAs)
  - role in schools, 1033
  - shortage
    - impact on schools, 2303
    - impact on students, 3654
      - statements by stakeholders, 3654
  - working conditions
    - impact of, 3654
- Electricity generation
  - community course, 8179
- Electricity supply
  - power outages
    - impact on health and safety, 2279–2280, 2285
- Employment standards
  - lost wage claims
    - enforcement, 5029
- Environmental Bill of Rights
  - Auditor General's annual report of environment audits (2022), 2557
- Family law
  - coercive control
    - federal-provincial consistency, 3981
  - victim support services
    - legal aid funding, 3981–3982
- Financial Accountability Office (FAO)
  - reports
    - Ministry of Education: Spending Plan Review, 1320
- Flood management
  - conservation authorities, role in, 955
- Food banks - usage
  - rates, 6090
  - by region
    - Ottawa, 4760, 6521–6522
- Food prices
  - price gouging, 6061
- Food security
  - nutrition programs, funding
    - Meals on Wheels, 3668
  - by region
    - Ottawa, 6908
- French-language debates
  - Affaires d'intérêt public émanant des députées et députés
    - Santé mentale des étudiants, 4248
  - Débat sur le discours du trône
    - participation, 57, 59
  - Jour de l'opposition
    - Subventions destinées à l’éducation, 3087–3088
  - Loi de 2023 modifiant des lois en ce qui concerne l’aménagement du territoire, projet de loi 150
    - deuxième lecture, 6334–6335, 6337–6338
  - Loi de 2023 pour mieux servir les consommateurs et les entreprises, projet de loi 142
    - troisième lecture, 6966
  - Loi de 2023 sur l’amélioration des écoles et du rendement des élèves, projet de loi 98
    - deuxième lecture, 3654–3655, 3657, 3659–3660
    - troisième lecture, 4888, 4890–4893
  - Période de questions
    - Conflit de travail, 1072–1073
    - Éducation en français, 3914
  - Pétitions
    - Éducation en français, 2610, 2866, 3320, 4485
    - Programmes d’alimentation scolaire, 8199–8200
- Gender-based violence
  - fatalities
    - government response, 2020
- Government advertising
  - education, 7924–7925
  - partisan, 7943
- Government record - Liberal (2003-2018)
  - education policy, 1035
- Government record - Liberals (2003-2018)
  - education policy, 1035
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - directives and policies
    - public consultation, 1881
  - education policy, 3690
    - COVID-19 response, 3651–3652
  - environmental policy, 2558
- Greenbelt - development on
  - land availability, 2558
- Health care
  - structural stressors
    - government response, 245
    - impact on patient health, 242–243
- Health care - primary care
  - team-based
    - government funding, allocation, 7667
- Health care services
  - clinics, service fees, 7785
- Health care services - delivery
  - private vs. public, 243, 245
- Health care system
  - general remarks, 9304–9305
- Highways and roads safety
  - municipal-provincial partnership, 6656
- Home and community care
  - access
    - statements by stakeholders, 5630
  - reports and recommendations, stakeholders, 5636
- Home and community care - funding, 5629–5630, 5642
  - allocation timelines, impact of, 5626
  - for-profit agencies, 5630
  - impact on services, 2540
  - statements by stakeholders, 5625–5626
- Home and community care providers
  - community support organizations
    - operational funding
      - statements by stakeholders, 5625–5626
  - not-for-profit
    - operational funding, 5375, 5625–5626
- Home and community care - staff
  - compensation, 5629
    - for-profit agencies, 5627
  - working conditions, for-profit providers
    - impact on patient care, 5627
- Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA)
  - enforcement, 6973–6974
  - pre-construction sale agreements
    - complaint process, 4165–4166
  - pre-construction sales agreements
    - complaint process, 9054–9055
- Hospital services - emergency
  - department closures, 737
    - impact of, 7065–7066
  - staff shortages, impact of, 28
  - wait-times, 10219–10220
- Hospitals - capacity and overcrowding
  - by region
    - Ottawa, 1391
- Hospitals - capacity and overcrowding by site
  - Queensway Carleton Hospital, 60, 242, 366
- Hospitals - staff
  - working conditions, 10220
- Hotel industry
  - accommodation as temporary social housing, 953
- Housing development - densification
  - general remarks, 954
- Housing development - municipal charges
  - development charges, exemptions and discounts
    - affordability requirements, 954
    - not-for-profits, 954
- Housing market
  - prices
    - rate of increase, 5681
- Housing policy
  - development
    - consultation, 955
  - general remarks, 178
- Improving Air Quality for Our Children Act, 2023 (Bill 140)
  - first reading, 5531
- Improving Real Estate Management Act, 2024 (Bill 151)
  - third reading, 8507
- Independent health facilities
  - staffing models, regulations
    - impact on hospital staffing, 2390
- Indigenous relations - reconciliation
  - government response, 1890
- Infrastructure Ontario (IO)
  - real estate services
    - Auditor General annual report (2017), 2559
    - contracts, oversight, 2559–2560
- Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
  - second reading, 1031–1036, 1188–1193
  - third reading, 1240–1242
- Labour relations
  - collective bargaining, 2982
  - strikes/lockouts
    - replacement workers, use of
      - ban on, 5040
- Land use planning - by region
  - Ottawa, 6321, 6335, 6337
- Land use planning - environmental assessments
  - economic impact, 2571–2572
  - general remarks, 3856
- Land use planning - environmental assessments, class environment assessments
  - 30-day review period, ministerial waiver, 2557
- Land use planning - ministerial zoning orders (MZOs)
  - use of, 2558, 6338
- Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB)
  - AGI applications, 8661
- Landlords
  - roles and responsibilities
    - emergency power generators, 2280–2281
- Legislative procedure
  - public consultation, 4888
- Legislative procedure - bills
  - government bills
    - legislative timeliness, 3981
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Economy Act, 2023 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 3451
- Library and information professionals
  - library technicians
    - role in schools, 1033
- Light Rail Transit (LRT) - Eglinton Crosstown
  - delays, 1868
  - public-private partnerships (P3s), 1868
- Light Rail Transit (LRT) - Ottawa
  - general remarks, 60
  - public-private partnerships (P3s), 1868
- Locates
  - and broadband, 6655–6656
  - fees for, infrastructure owner, 6653
  - in Indigneous and northern communities, 6655–6656
  - process, 6652
  - and safety, 6655
  - timelines, 6653, 6667
  - types, 6653
- Members' statements
  - Climate change, 3065
  - Community services, 2540
  - Cost of living, 386, 6908
  - Doctor shortage, 809–810
  - Energy policies, 8179–8180
  - Gender-based violence, 2020
  - Good Neighbour Awards, 8792–8793
  - Health care, 6168, 7350–7351, 9304–9305, 10219–10220
  - Nepean Housing Corp., 10818
  - Nurses, 4214
  - Poverty, 4760
  - Poverty and homelessness, 1448
  - Seniors' housing, 7880–7881
  - Tenant protection, 3607, 5647, 9842
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 57–59
- Members/ministers quoting
  - news media
    - minister's zoning order, Pearson Airport, 6653–6654
    - non-disclosure agreements, 1888
  - politicians
    - strong mayor system, 701
  - reports
    - Ottawa Light Rail Transit Public Inquiry (2022), 1868
  - teachers unions
    - Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act, 2023 (Bill 98), 4903
    - French-language education, 4891–4892
- Members'/ministers' salaries
  - general remarks, 1033
- Mental health and addictions services
  - universal coverage, 9939
- Mental health and addictions services - children and youth
  - access to, 9939
  - service referrals
    - wait-list, 2161
- Mental health and addictions services - funding
  - community support programs, 3982
- More Beds, Better Care Act, 2022 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 366
- More Convenient Care Act, 2024 (Bill 231)
  - third reading, 10845, 10858
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - committee process
    - public consultation, 2557
  - second reading, 948, 953–957
- Municipal governance - strong mayor system
  - public response, 701, 704
- New home construction industry
  - builder accountability, 5350
  - consumer protection, 5870
    - construction timelines, 9054
    - deposits, 6946, 6973
    - statements by stakeholders, 6974
- Nurses
  - recruitment and retention
    - government strategy, 366
  - shortage
    - impact on health care, 153, 366
    - by specialty
      - ICU nurses, 553
    - vacancy rate, 2390
  - working conditions, 1391
- Nurses - employment
  - working conditions, 552
- Ontario Autism Program (2016)
  - transition to school-based supports, 3433, 3655–3656, 3661
    - statements by stakeholders, 3656
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
  - eligibility, 293
  - and housing costs, 948, 953, 955
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - benefit rates
  - and cost of living, 246, 1426, 6090–6091
  - general remarks, 1527
  - impact on health and wellness, 293
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) recipients
  - rental housing
    - access, barriers, 953–954
- Ontario Health atHome
  - care coordinators, role of, 5624
  - home and community care, contract procurement
    - for-profit vs. not-for-profit, 5627
- Ontario One Call
  - role, 6652
  - statistics
    - digging damage, 6652
  - timelines, enforcement, 6653
- Ontario Works (OW)
  - benefit rates
    - and cost of living, 246, 1527
  - benefits rates
    - and cost of living, 1527
  - earning exemptions, 1431
- Opposition day motions
  - Affordable housing
    - responded to, 8660–8661, 10186
  - Education funding
    - responded to, 3086–3088, 9064–9065
  - Government accountability
    - responded to, 10619
  - Government advertising
    - responded to, 7943
  - Health care
    - responded to, 2390, 7743
  - Health care workers
    - responded to, 1391
  - Mental health services
    - responded to, 9939
  - Municipal funding
    - responded to, 10348–10349
  - Social assistance
    - responded to, 1095
  - Tenant protection
    - responded to, 3822–3823
- Ottawa
  - derecho 2022, 2279–2280
  - tornado 2018, 2279–2280
  - urban boundary expansion
    - conflict of interest, 5110
- Paramedics and paramedic services
  - burnout and stress, 3982
  - working conditions
    - impact on retention, 988
- Pediatric hospitals - services
  - capacity and overcrowding
    - emergency departments
      - government response, 1261–1262
- Petitions
  - Access to health care, 1466, 5598
  - Addiction services, 10386–10387
  - Air quality, 8489, 10613–10614, 10836
  - Child care, 11069
  - Education funding, 3079–3080
  - Emergency power generators, 2199
  - Health care, 6068, 8809
  - Health care workers, 4932
  - Home care, 4930
  - Labour legislation, 6449
  - School nutrition programs, 8199–8200
  - School safety, 8488
  - Social assistance, 1623, 1878, 2868–2869, 6069, 8709, 10835–10836
  - Special-needs students, 8708–8709
  - Tuition, 10181
- Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre
  - staffing levels, 28
- Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 2)
  - second reading, 241–246
- Planning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 150)
  - second reading, 6321, 6331, 6334–6339
- Police officers - employment
  - recruitment and retention
    - barriers to, 3982
  - shortage
    - due to long-term leave, 3982
- Police officers - occupational health and safety
  - working conditions
    - impact on retention, 3982
- Post-secondary education - faculty/staff
  - sexual misconduct against students
    - on campus vs. off-campus, 1884
    - employee dismissal, 1189, 1886–1887
    - institutional policies, 1190, 1888–1889
      - consultations, 1889
    - sexual abuse, definition of, 1189
    - use of non-disclosure agreements, 1189–1190, 1887–1888
      - statements by stakeholders, 1887–1888
    - workplace, nature of, 1189, 1193
  - sexual violence and harassment
    - workplace, nature of, 1191, 1883
- Post-secondary education - funding
  - general remarks, 1191
- Post-secondary education - sexual violence and harassment
  - data collection and management, 1884
  - impact of, 1189
  - impact on students, 1881
  - incidence rates, 1189
  - incident rates, 1882
  - institutional policies, standards, 1884, 1898
    - applicable environments, 1884
    - regional variations, 1884–1885
    - stakeholder consultation, 1885
  - international students, 1191
  - reports and recommendations, stakeholders, 1882
  - stakeholder consultation, 1190–1192
- Private members' public business
  - Affordable housing
    - responded to, 5681
  - Ambulance services
    - responded to, 987–988
  - Childcare and Early Years Workforce Strategy Advisory Committee Act, 2024 (Bill 191)
    - second reading, 9349
  - Community school liaison officer programs
    - responded to, 10860–10862
  - Education issues
    - responded to, 8454–8456
  - Protecting Human Rights in an Emergency Act (Emergency Power Generators), 2023 (Bill 47)
    - second reading, 2279–2281, 2285
  - Student mental health
    - responded to, 4247–4249
- Progress on the Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1426, 1430–1431
- Protecting Human Rights in an Emergency Act (Emergency Power Generators), 2023 (Bill 47)
  - first reading, 1621
- Protecting Seniors’ Rights in Care Homes Act, 2024 (Bill 232)
  - first reading, 10780
- Protest convoys
  - provincial state of emergency
    - enactment of, timeline, 932
- Provincial and Demonstration Schools Branch (PDSB)
  - school facilities
    - conditions in, 1240–1241
- Public assets
  - centralization, entities
    - transferal to Ministry of Infrastructure, 2559
  - public institutions
    - realty authority
      - Ottawa Convention Centre, 8507
- Public Order Emergency Commission
  - appearance before
    - Premier and Solicitor General, 931–932
  - Report of the Public Inquiry into the 2022 Public Order Emergency
    - provincial involvement, 2188
- Public sector compensation - increase cap
  - impact on worker retention, 1035
- Public sector services
  - privatization of, 1035
- Putting Students First Act, 2012, SO 2012, c 11
  - legal challenge, 1035
- Queensway Carleton Hospital
  - Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE) Unit, 5625
  - emergency care
    - government funding, 7350–7351
- Question period
  - Air quality in schools
    - presented, 4925
  - Ambulance services
    - presented, 390
  - Autism treatment
    - presented, 8702
  - Children and youth mental health services
    - presented, 2161
  - Children's mental health services
    - presented, 2374
  - Consumer protection
    - presented, 4165–4166, 5350, 9054–9055
  - Cost of living
    - presented, 10655
  - Education
    - presented, 3801
  - Education funding
    - presented, 816–817, 1320, 2303, 2442–2443, 2664–2665, 2910, 3072–3073, 3142–3143, 3433, 4481, 4766, 5814–5815, 6615, 7838, 7886–7887, 7977, 8318, 8798–8799, 9261
    - responded to, 9047
  - Employment standards
    - presented, 551–552
  - Food banks
    - presented, 6521–6522
  - French-language education
    - presented, 8744
  - Government advertising
    - presented, 7924–7925, 10045–10046
  - Government policies
    - presented, 2120
  - Health care
    - presented, 4059, 7785, 8528, 11060
  - Health care funding
    - presented, 7667
  - Health care workers
    - presented, 1261–1262
  - Hospital funding
    - responded to, 7065–7066
  - Hospital services
    - presented, 27–28, 153–154, 736–737
  - Housing
    - responded to, 90–91
  - Labour dispute
    - presented, 1212, 1369–1370
  - Long-term care
    - presented, 636
  - Municipal planning
    - presented, 5110
  - Post-secondary education
    - presented, 9479
  - Provincial schools
    - presented, 7233
  - Public Order Emergency Commission
    - presented, 931–932
  - Public Order Emergency Commission report
    - presented, 2188
  - Public transit
    - presented, 1868
  - Retirement homes
    - presented, 8647–8648, 10777
  - School facilities
    - presented, 9739, 10947
  - School transportation
    - presented, 4997, 9679–9680
  - Services for seniors and persons with disabilities
    - presented, 3249, 3668
  - Social assistance
    - presented, 292–293, 676, 1527, 2118
  - Special-needs students
    - presented, 9546–9547
  - Student safety
    - presented, 4570
  - Teachers
    - presented, 7300
  - Violence in schools
    - presented, 4326–4327, 9119, 9262, 9802
- Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 (Bill 212)
  - second reading, 10007, 10020
- Reducing Inefficiencies Act (Infrastructure Statute Law Amendments), 2023 (Bill 69)
  - second reading, 2556–2561, 2571–2572
  - third reading, 3856
- Rent control
  - exemptions
    - impact on tenants, 5647
  - as tenant protection, 955
- Rental housing
  - affordability, 61
    - social assistance recipients, 1095
  - cost of
    - by region
      - Ottawa, 953–954, 8660–8661
    - regionally, 3823
    - and social assistance recipients, 955
  - rent increases
    - above-guideline, 8661
    - guidelines, 1448
  - and social assistance recipients, 702–703
- Rental housing - affordable
  - availability of, 953
  - barriers to access
    - credit score, 953
- Rental housing - evictions
  - due to renovations
    - impact on social assistance recipients, 953
- Rental housing - tenant protections
  - evictions, 9842
  - power outages, 3607
  - replacement bylaws, 954
- Retirement homes
  - fee increase, by site
    - Alavida Lifestyles (Ottawa), 7880–7881, 8647
  - fee increases, 10777
  - tenant protections
    - fee and rent increases, 8647–8648
- Safer Streets, Stronger Communities Act, 2024 (Bill 223)
  - second reading, 10407
- School boards
  - accessibility requirements
    - ministerial authority, 4894
  - collaboration with municipalities, 4893
  - expenditures
    - due to COVID-19, 2665, 3086, 3652
    - special education, 4894, 4901
  - regional differences, 4902
  - social media litigation, 9754
- School boards - directors of education
  - training and performance metrics, 4893
- School boards - funding
  - by board
    - Lambton Kent District School Board, 4766
    - Toronto District School Board, 2910
  - impact of, 8318
  - layoffs, 7838
- School buses
  - government funding, 4997, 6615
    - funding formula, 9680, 9779–9780
- School buses - routes
  - delays and cancellations, by region
    - Ottawa, 4997
    - Renfrew, 9679
- School facilities
  - air conditioning, 3659
  - capital projects
    - government funding, 8204
  - drinking water, lead levels, 9739
  - excess properties, sell of
    - french-language facilities, 4892
  - French-language
    - reports and recommendations, 4892
  - HVAC and ventilation, 4925
  - portables
    - conditions in, 7886–7887
- School facilities - capital projects
  - accessibility standards, 2442
- School facilities - maintenance and repair
  - air quality, 6654
  - backlog, 3659, 6654–6655
    - cost of, 1241
    - government funding, 3660
  - general remarks, 9739
  - government funding, 10045–10046
- Schools
  - cybersecurity, 9757
  - privacy in, 9756
  - student health and safety
    - government strategy, 10485
  - vapes in, banning, 8455
  - violence in, 8455–8456
- Schools - provincial and demonstration schools
  - conditions in, 7233, 7390–7391
  - government funding, 3656–3657
  - maintenance and repairs, 3656, 6655–6656
  - school facilities
    - conditions in, 1240–1241
  - statements by stakeholders, 3656–3657
  - teachers
    - shortage, 7390–7391
- Schools - violence in
  - government funding, 9064–9065
  - government response, 3143
  - prevalence, 9119, 9262
  - statements by stakeholders, 3658
  - student health and safety, 3657–3658
- Schools - violence in, prevention
  - funding, 4481
  - general remarks, 9802
  - government strategy, 3365
- Senior citizens
  - community services
    - operational funding, 3249
  - financial stability, 245
  - Meals on Wheels, 245
- Sexual assault crisis centres
  - government funding, 1885
  - service demand, 1885
- Sexual crisis centers
  - government funding, 1885
  - service demand, 1885
- Sexual violence and harassment
  - cases of, hearing processes, 3981
  - prevention
    - bystander education, 1191
    - education, consent, 1190, 1883, 1890
    - funding, 1885
  - prevention approaches
    - intersectoral collaboration, 1883
    - survivor-centric, 1882
    - trauma-informed, 1883
  - use of non-disclosure agreements
    - legislation in other jurisdiction, 1888
  - victim-perpetrator relationship, 1883–1884
- Social assistance programs
  - and cost of living, 1095
- Social assistance programs - benefit rates
  - and cost of housing, 180
  - and food security, 1095, 2118
  - general remarks, 3128
  - review of, 676
- St. Thomas - Central Elgin Boundary Adjustment Act, 2023 (Bill 63)
  - consultation, 2327
  - second reading, 2327
- Strengthening Cyber Security and Building Trust in the Public Sector Act, 2024 (Bill 194)
  - consultations, transparency of, 9756
  - second reading, 9753–9758, 9769
  - regulations, use of, 9757
    - transparency, 9769
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - exclusions
    - private universities, 1886
  - language and terminology, 1886
    - definitions, 1890
    - "sexual violence and harassment," 1886
  - legislative process
    - public consultation, 1882
  - "sexual misconduct," defined, 1886
    - by institutional policies, 1886
  - third reading, 1880–1891, 1898
- Strengthening Safety and Modernizing Justice Act, 2023 (Bill 102)
  - second reading, 3965, 3981–3984
  - legislative timeline, 3965, 3982
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
  - second reading, 166, 178, 180
  - third reading, 701–705
- Students
  - rights of, 3660
- Students - special needs
  - accessibility
    - reports and recommendations, 4894
  - classroom exclusions, 4901–4902
  - injuries and fatalities
    - Ferris, Landyn, 9546
- Supporting Children's Futures Act, 2024 (Bill 188)
  - second reading, 8719, 8723–8724
- Surgical procedures
  - cataracts
    - service fees, 8528
  - delivery of
    - public vs. private
      - operational funding, 6168
- Teachers
  - collective bargaining, 5815
  - recruitment and retention
    - government funding, 7838
    - government strategy, 7330
  - shortage, 9064, 9261
    - impact on schools, 3654, 3658
  - working conditions
    - impact on retention, 3801
- Teachers - education and training
  - two-year program
    - impact on French-language education system, 4889–4890
- Teachers - French-language
  - shortage, 4889–4890, 8744
- Throne speech debate
  - participation, 57–61, 67
- Toronto District School Board (TDSB)
  - safety in schools, 10947
- Toronto Metropolitan University
  - name change from Ryerson University, 1189
  - and reconciliation
    - Standing Strong Task Force
      - public consultation, 1889, 1891
- Transit infrastructure development
  - safety, 6655
- Tributes
  - Roberts, Marietta L.D. (former member for Elgin), 2216–2217
  - Taylor, James A. (former member for Prince Edward, Lennox), 783–784
- Unhoused persons
  - housing, access, 1448
- Volunteers
  - community awards
    - by region
      - Ottawa West–Nepean, 8792
- Weather events
  - derecho (Ottawa 2022), 2561
- Western University
  - sexual violence and harassment
    - institutional response, 1192
- Working for Workers Act, 2023 (Bill 79)
  - second reading, 2982
  - third reading, 5029, 5040
- York Catholic District School Board
  - Pride flag
    - flying of, 4570
- Your Health Act, 2023 (Bill 60)
  - second reading, 2431–2434
Piccini, Hon. D. (PC, Northumberland—Peterborough South)
- Antisemitism
  - in Canada, 5485
- Apprenticeships
  - employment tools and supports
    - job-matching portal, 8907–8908, 8914
  - registration rates, increase, 5056
  - training programs, secondary students
    - Focused Apprenticeship Skills Training (FAST), 8907, 8914
  - women in, 8910–8911
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - third reading, 2105
- Building Ontario For You Act (Budget Measures), 2024 (Bill 216)
  - second reading, 10097–10100, 10136, 10141
- Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS)
  - general remarks, 1760
- Climate change
  - climate impact assessments, 289, 444
  - government strategy, 3746
- Climate change mitigation
  - government strategy, 445, 1002
- Construction industry
  - work sites
    - washroom facility access, 5012
- Cost of living
  - skilled tradespeople, 10653
- Economic development - funding
  - rural and northern Ontario, 5274
- Education - secondary
  - graduation requirements
    - technical education, 8908
  - skilled trades, 9850
- Electric vehicles - batteries, manufacturing by site
  - NextStar Energy (Windsor)
    - international vs. domestic employees, 6361
- Employment
  - labour shortage, 5011
- Employment services
  - training and retraining
    - Skills Development Fund, 8578
- Employment standards
  - Canadian work experience
    - employer prohibition to request, 6225, 6256
  - critical illness leave, 8913
  - enforcement and prevention, 10117
  - interviews
    - responses to applicants, 8909
  - job postings
    - requirements, 8909
  - layoffs and terminations
    - remote employees, 5012–5013
  - NDAs, use of, 7187
  - service industry, 7101
- Employment standards - wage theft
  - government strategy, 10338
  - protections, 6222–6223, 7185–7186
- Environmental policy
  - government strategy, 2799, 2904, 3788
  - northern Ontario, 3787–3788
- Environmental protection
  - government strategy
    - partnership programs, 3786
  - Greenlands Conservation Partnership, 3078
- Government advertising
  - contracts, 9047–9048
- Government orders
  - Attacks on Israel
    - amendment to the amendment
      - responded to, 5484–5485
- Government record - Liberal (2003-2018)
  - health care policy, 1991
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - labour policy, 5011
- Great Lakes
  - environmental protection, 3745–3746
- Greenbelt - development on
  - government strategy, 2372
- Immigrants
  - protections for
    - fraudulant immigration representatives, 10338
- Immigrants - access to professions and trades
  - foreign credentials, recognition of
    - lost, 8908
    - timeline, 8908–8909
  - government strategy, 10337
- Immigration
  - Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP)
    - increase to, 5012
  - Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP)
    - expanding eligible occupations, 8909
- Infrastructure development
  - as economic policy, 3787
  - employment, 3785
  - as environmental policy, 3786
- Israel
  - attacks on (October 7, 2023), 5484
- Labour policy
  - government strategy, 6221–6222
- Lake Simcoe
  - Lake Simcoe Phosphorous Reduction Strategy, 3317
  - Lake Simcoe Protection Plan (2008), 3317
- Land use planning - environmental assessments
  - general remarks, 2537–2538, 3784
  - government strategy, 3789
  - regulatory reform, 3788
- Land use planning - environmental assessments, class environment assessments
  - 30-day review period, 3784
    - regional projects, 3790
  - 30-day review period, ministerial waiver, 2536–2537, 3785, 3789–3790
    - parameters, 3791
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Ontario Act, 2023 (Bill 46)
  - second reading, 1756, 1760
- Lockouts
  - The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists, 9047–9048
- Manufacturing industry
  - decline and recovery, 3787
- Manufacturing industry - employment
  - job creation/loss, 8428, 9927–9928
- Members'/ministers' privileges
  - wearing of paraphernalia
    - scarves, 1595
- Members'/ministers' remarks
  - withdrawn, 682, 8388, 8578, 11108
- Military personnel
  - reservists
    - job protected leave, 5013
- Mining industry
  - environmental approval process
    - federal-provincial
      - Marathon Palladium Project, 1966
- Mining industry - Critical Minerals Strategy
  - economic impact, 2552–2553
  - mining projects, 1966
- Nuclear generation facilities - small modular reactors (SMRs)
  - government strategy, 682
- Occupational health and safety
  - heat stress, 9312–9313
- Pay equity - gender wage gap
  - government strategy, 8423
- Policy development
  - Indigenous communities, 291–292
- Post-secondary education
  - tuition
    - fee freeze, 8820
- Pre-apprenticeship programs
  - Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP), 5014
- Progress on the Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 36)
  - third reading, 1991
- Provincial parks
  - addition to
    - Alfred Bog, 2126
  - government funding, 2126, 4220–4221
  - Mississagi Provincial Park
    - partnership agreement, 2308
  - revenue generation
    - Ontario Parks store, 2126
  - urban, creation of
    - by region
      - Pickering–Uxbridge, 3801–3802
- Question period
  - Automotive industry
    - responded to, 6361–6362
  - Climate change
    - responded to, 443–445, 1002, 2799, 2904, 3746
  - Disaster relief
    - responded to, 289
  - Employment
    - responded to, 5274
  - Employment standards
    - responded to, 7101, 10653
  - Employment supports
    - responded to, 8578
  - Environmental protection
    - responded to, 2964, 3077–3078, 3317, 4332–4333
  - Forest firefighting
    - responded to, 7235, 7303
  - Government accountability
    - responded to, 4325
  - Great Lakes protection
    - responded to, 3745–3746
  - Green power generation
    - responded to, 682
  - Greenhouse gas emissions
    - responded to, 159
  - Immigrants' skills
    - responded to, 10337–10338
  - Indigenous protected and conserved areas
    - responded to, 291–292
  - Job creation
    - responded to, 9927–9928
  - Labour dispute
    - responded to, 9047–9048
  - Labour legislation
    - responded to, 10708
  - Labour policy
    - responded to, 6514
  - Land use planning
    - responded to, 2372
  - Mining industry
    - responded to, 1966
  - Natural gas leaks
    - responded to, 10179
  - Northern Ontario development
    - responded to, 2552–2553, 5522–5523
  - Pay equity
    - responded to, 8423, 8428
  - Protection for workers
    - responded to, 10338
  - Provincial parks
    - responded to, 2126, 2308–2309, 3801–3802, 4220–4221
  - Recycling
    - responded to, 2728
  - Replacement workers
    - responded to, 6514–6515, 7555–7556, 9372
  - Skilled trades
    - responded to, 5056, 5590, 5593, 7362, 8427–8428, 9052–9053, 9679, 9850, 9999, 10117
  - Water and sewage infrastructure
    - responded to, 1075
  - Water quality
    - responded to, 1677–1678, 2963
  - Wildlife protection
    - responded to, 3038
  - Workplace safety
    - responded to, 9312–9313
- Reducing Inefficiencies Act (Infrastructure Statute Law Amendments), 2023 (Bill 69)
  - second reading, 2536–2539
  - third reading, 3784–3791
- Resource Management and Safety Act, 2024 (Bill 228)
  - second reading, 10970–10972
- Sewage and wastewater infrastructure
  - sewage spills
    - government response, 1677–1678
- Sewage and wastewater infrastructure - York region
  - Upper York Sewage Solutions project
    - report, 1075
- Skilled trades
  - government strategy, 8907
  - labour shortage
    - government strategy, 9052–9053
  - women in, 7362, 8908
  - worker safety, 10653
- Skilled trades - education and training
  - government funding
    - Skills Development Fund, 7362
  - Indigenous persons
    - Skills Development Fund, 5522
  - Skills Development Fund, 8427–8428
- Skilled trades - employment
  - labour shortage
    - government strategy, 5012
- Skilled trades - recruitment and retention
  - general remarks, 5590, 5593
  - government strategy, 9850
  - secondary students, 9679
  - women, 9679, 9999
  - youth, 9999
- Strengthening Accountability and Student Supports Act, 2024 (Bill 166)
  - second reading, 7700
  - third reading, 8820
- Temporary foreign workers
  - exploitation, 8914
  - passports and work permits, retention of
    - fines and penalties, 5013–5014
- Waste diversion - recycling programs
  - battery recycling, 2728
- Water protection
  - Great Lakes
    - partnership programs, 3788–3789
  - operators
    - Indigenous communities, training, 2963
- Wildlife protection
  - boreal caribou populations, 3037–3038, 3788
- Working for Workers Act, 2023 (Bill 79)
  - third reading, 5010–5015, 5018–5019
- Working for Workers Five Act, 2024 (Bill 190)
  - first reading, 8807
  - second reading, 8905–8911, 8913–8915
  - third reading, 9831–9835, 9839–9841
- Working for Workers Four Act, 2024 (Bill 149)
  - first reading, 6013
  - second reading, 6221–6226, 6256–6257
  - third reading, 7183–7187, 7191–7192, 7767
- Working for Workers Six Act, 2024 (Bill 229)
  - first reading, 10657
  - second reading, 10716–10720, 10724–10725
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - presumptive coverage, fire rangers
    - cancers, heart injuries & PTSD, 8906
  - presumptive coverage, firefighters
    - cancers, 5014, 7303
    - esophageal cancer
      - employment duration, 6223, 7185
  - presumptive coverage, police officers
    - PTSD, 8906
  - presumptive coverage, wildland fire inspectors
    - cancers, heart injuries & PTSD, 8906
  - reform, 8915
  - relocation
    - impact of, 5274
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) - benefits
  - indexing factors, 6223
Pierre, N. (PC, Burlington)
- Affordable Homes and Good Jobs Act, 2023 (Bill 134)
  - third reading, 6853–6855
- Agricultural industry
  - in urban areas
    - by region
      - Burlington, 1144
- Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients
  - impact on hospital resources, 374
- Alternate-level-of-care (ALC) patients - transfer to long-term care facilities, non-preferred home
  - general remarks, 374
  - regulations, 375
- Animal welfare
  - government strategy, 3041
- Antisemitism
  - in Canada, 5576–5577
- Appreciation
  - Burlington Symphony Orchestra, 1606
  - Grow for Change Urban Farm, 1144
  - paramedics, 4912
  - Taylor, Al, 6870–6871
- Apprenticeships
  - employment tools and supports
    - job-matching portal, 9245
  - training programs, secondary students
    - Focused Apprenticeship Skills Training (FAST), 8973–8974, 9244
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  - government strategy, 8962
  - opportunities and risks, 8962
- Automotive industry - investments
  - job creation
    - and housing availability, 6853–6854
- Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022 (Bill 39)
  - second reading, 1495, 1508
  - third reading, 2110–2112
- Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act, 2023 (Bill 98)
  - second reading, 3713–3716
  - third reading, 4908
- Broadband infrastructure development
  - general remarks, 3457
- Brock University
  - Burlington campus, construction, 9917
- Budget 2023/2024
  - general remarks, 4378–4379
- Budget speech 2024 (March 26, 2024)
  - responded to, 8104
- Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)
  - second reading, 3205
  - third reading, 4378–4379
- Building More Mines Act, 2023 (Bill 71)
  - second reading, 2740
- Building Ontario For You Act (Budget Measures), 2024 (Bill 216)
  - second reading, 10132, 10155
- Business
  - employees, access to housing, 5930–5931
- Business investment
  - by region
    - Burlington, 1000
- Business - small- and medium-sized
  - by region
    - Burlington, 7350
- Business - small-and medium-sized
  - new and youth-led
    - government supports, 10178–10179
- Business - taxation
  - small and medium-sized
    - economic impact, 6920
- Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement (CWELCC)
  - child care operators
    - private, 9347
- Carbon tax
  - economic impact, 5939
    - small businesses, 6616
  - economic impact - food prices, 5736
  - fuel prices, impact on, 5884
  - home heating, exemptions
    - eligible heating methods, 6695
- Carbon tax - impact by industry
  - education
    - school construction, 9120–9121
  - long-term care sector, 9550–9551
- Child care
  - government strategy, 1825, 9347
- Colleges and universities
  - government funding
    - campus safety, 8678
  - hate-related incidents
    - government strategy, 8678
- Construction industry
  - work sites
    - menstrual products availability, 9228
    - washroom facility access, 2990
- Convenient Care at Home Act, 2023 (Bill 135)
  - second reading, 5629
  - third reading, 6507
- Crime - government response
  - general remarks, 5776–5777
- Curriculum
  - mental health literacy, 2116
- curriculum - secondary
  - science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), 6432
- Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024 (Bill 185)
  - second reading, 8310
- Cybersecurity
  - Artificial Intelligence (AI), 8962
  - government strategy, 5219
- Driving - impaired
  - education and awareness
    - community organizations, 9208
- Education
  - government strategy, 1825
  - literacy skills
    - government strategy, 3714
  - math skills
    - government strategy, 3714
- Education funding
  - general remarks, 3716
  - mental health services, 3715
- Education funding - special education
  - general remarks, 8742
  - supports and services, 8743
- Education - mental health
  - government strategy, 9066–9067
  - students, 2163
  - students, access, 3714
- Education - secondary
  - graduation requirements
    - technical education, 4908, 9244
  - tiny home youth build program, 2482–2483
- Education - student outcomes
  - government strategy, 3714, 5152
  - performance metrics
    - board improvement plans, 3715
- 816537 Ontario Inc. Act, 2023 (Bill Pr15)
  - first reading, 2131
  - second reading, 3388
  - third reading, 3388
- Electric vehicles - batteries, manufacturing by site
  - St. Thomas (Volkswagen Group and PowerCo SE)
    - job creation, 6854
- Emergency management
  - government funding, 6997
- Employment standards
  - interviews
    - responses to applicants, 9245
  - job postings
    - requirements, 9245
  - washroom conditions, 9245–9246
- Enhancing Professional Care for Animals Act, 2024 (Bill 171)
  - second reading, 7897
  - third reading, 9206
- Family law
  - professionals, continuing education
    - intimate partner violence, 1851
      - signs of, 1851–1852
- Fire Safety
  - smoke detectors
    - Test Your Smoke Alarm Day, 8511
  - student housing, 8511–8512
- Flight Level Canada Inc. Act, 2023 (Bill Pr16)
  - first reading, 2131
  - second reading, 3388
  - third reading, 3388
- Food banks - usage
  - donation drives
    - Halton Regional Police Service Cram-a-Cruiser food drive, 4380
- Foreign investment
  - Cultivated B (Burlington), 999
- Forest industry
  - government strategy, 5409
- Garrett's Legacy Act (Requirements for Movable Soccer Goals), 2024 (Bill 99)
  - third reading, 9418–9419
- Gender-based violence
  - government strategy, 1454–1455
- GO Transit - service expansion
  - government strategy, 5319
- Government orders
  - Appointment of House officers / Committee membership
    - responded to, 317–319
  - Attacks on Israel
    - amendment to the amendment
      - responded to, 5476–5477
- Government record - PC (2018-present)
  - children and youth policy, 9661
  - housing policy, 2111
  - mental health and addictions policy, 9920–9921
- Government services
  - digital delivery
    - personal information, protection of, 5219
- Greenbelt
  - conservation of
    - government strategy, 5928, 5930
- Greenbelt Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 136)
  - second reading, 5928–5929
- Hate and hate-related activities
  - prevalence, 8678
- Health care
  - structural stressors
    - government response, 374
- Health care workers - recruitment and retention
  - funding, 3318
  - government funding, 3318
- Heart disease
  - and early detection, 3536
  - education and awareness, 3536
- Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023 (Bill 97)
  - second reading, 3642
  - third reading, 4674
- Highways and roads - maintenance and repair
  - jurisdiction
    - Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway, 6806
- Home heating
  - affordability
    - government strategy, 6695
- Home ownership
  - barriers to, 1508
- Housing
  - access, 6853
- Housing Affordability Task Force
  - recommendations
    - implementation of, 5929
- Housing development - approvals and permits
  - timelines
    - impact on costs, 892, 2111
- Housing development - construction
  - cost of
    - relocation due to, 5928–5929
  - general remarks, 5930
  - intergovernmental cooperation, 5929
  - tiny homes, 2482–2483
- Housing development - densification
  - mix density
    - government strategy, 5929
- Housing development - government funding
  - Building Faster Fund, 6853–6854
- Housing development - municipal charges
  - development charges, exemptions and discounts
    - affordability requirements, 6853
    - impact on affordability, 6854
  - rates, 892
- Housing market
  - prices, 2550
    - by region
      - Burlington, 5928, 6853
- Housing policy
  - government strategy, 2110
- Housing supply
  - government strategy, 6855
  - shortage, 1495
- Immigrants
  - protections for, 10442
- Immigration
  - Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP), 10442
- Indigenous education
  - post-secondary
    - access to, support programs, 1860
    - funding, 1860
    - government funding, 1173
    - mental health supports, funding, 1861
    - OSAP eligibility, 1861
    - support programs, access, 1860
- Indigenous institutes
  - degree programs, delivery, 1860
  - degree programs, funding, 1861
    - health care, 1861
  - facility maintenance, funding, 1861
- Innovation and technology industry
  - Critical Technology Initiatives, 5703
  - government funding, 5703
- Israel
  - attacks on (October 7, 2023), 5476
- Judicial education
  - continuing education
    - sexual assault law, intimate partner violence and coercive control, 1851
  - sexual assault law, intimate partner violence and coercive control, 3947
- Less Red Tape, Stronger Economy Act, 2023 (Bill 91)
  - second reading, 3457
- Life jackets
  - children 12 and under
    - use of, requirements, 3891–3892
- Long-term care - beds
  - infection control
    - isolation rooms, reopening, 375
- Long-term care - beds, development and redevelopment
  - general remarks, 374–375
  - by region
    - Burlington, 375
- Long-term care - standards of care
  - average hours of care
    - government funding, 375
- Lydia's Law (Accountability and Transparency in the Handling of Sexual Assault Cases), 2024 (Bill 189)
  - legislative process, 9245
- Members' statements
  - 150th anniversary of Burlington, 5104
  - Brock University, 9917
  - Burlington Lions Optimist Minor Hockey Association, 7880
  - Burlington Symphony Orchestra, 1606
  - Burlington Teen Tour Band, 2956–2957
  - Centre for Skills Development, 7057
  - Curriculum, 2116
  - Desi Mandi, 9632
  - Goodwill Amity Power of Work Awards Lunch, 5932–5933
  - The Great Pumpkin Trail, 5454
  - Grow for Change Urban Farm, 1144
  - Halton Regional Police Service Cram-a-Cruiser food drive, 4380
  - Joseph Brant Hospital, 10699
  - Juno Beach Centre Association, 386
  - OSAID, 9208
  - Paramedic services, 4912
  - Pollard Windows and Doors, 7350
  - Professional engineers, 6432
  - Public transit, 10987
  - Suicide prevention, 732
  - Taylor, Al, 6870–6871
  - Tiny home youth build program, 2482–2483
  - Volunteers, 8736
  - Women as Career Coaches event, 3901–3902, 8312–8313
  - Women's employment, 10167
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 317–319
- Mental health and addictions services
  - government strategy, 396–397
- Mental health and addictions services - funding, children and youth
  - general remarks, 9924
- Mental health and addictions services - Roadmap to Wellness
  - government funding, 7679
- More Beds, Better Care Act, 2022 (Bill 7)
  - second reading, 374–375
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23)
  - second reading, 892
- Municipal councillors
  - legislative tools, 2111
- Music industry
  - community organizations
    - Burlington Teen Tour Band, 2956–2957
  - by region
    - Burlington, 1606
- New Deal for Toronto Act, 2023 (Bill 154)
  - second reading, 6806, 6811
- New Democratic Party (NDP)
  - housing policy, 4674
- Ontario Health Teams
  - digital and virtual services
    - mobile apps, 6507
  - home and community care
    - service integration, 5629
- Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP)
  - eligibility, 1862
- Ontario Trillium Foundation
  - grant recipients
    - Burlington Lions Optimist Minor Hockey Association, 7880
    - by region
      - Burlington, 386
- Opposition day motions
  - Education funding
    - responded to, 9066–9067
- Paramedics and paramedic services
  - recruitment and retention
    - Learn and Stay grant, 4912
- Personal support workers (PSWs)
  - recruitment and retention, 375
- Petitions
  - Health care workers, 2256–2257
  - Home care, 7617
  - Police funding, 4660–4661
  - Taxation, 4176–4177
- Post-secondary education
  - access
    - equity-seeking groups, 1859
  - barriers to, 1173
    - public consultation, 1859
  - equity-seeking groups
    - government funding, 1173
    - stakeholder consultation, 1173
    - student outcomes, graduation rates, 1172
  - first-generation students
    - government strategy, 1173, 1860
  - housing for students, development of, 8310
  - learning materials
    - cost transparency, 7683, 7700
  - policies and reporting, racism and hate
    - ministerial authority, 7679–7680
- Post-secondary education - faculty/staff
  - sexual misconduct against students
    - employee dismissal, 1898
    - government strategy, 1172
    - use of non-disclosure agreements, 1174
- Post-secondary education - funding
  - equity-seeking groups
    - support programs, 1859–1860
- Post-secondary education - mental health and addictions
  - government funding, 7679
  - student mental health policies, 7677–7680
  - supports and services
    - barriers to access, 7678
    - government funding, 7678
- Post-secondary education - sexual violence and harassment
  - institutional policies
    - autonomy of, 1861–1862
  - reporting of, policies
    - victim protections, 1862
- Preventing Unethical Puppy Sales Act, 2024 (Bill 159)
  - second reading, 8544
- Private members' public business
  - Artificial intelligence
    - responded to, 8962
  - Childcare and Early Years Workforce Strategy Advisory Committee Act, 2024 (Bill 191)
    - second reading, 9347
  - Condominium legislation
    - presented, 10411–10412
    - responded to, 10416
  - Domestic violence
    - responded to, 1851–1852
  - Epilepsy
    - presented, 6109–6111
    - responded to, 6114
  - Hate-related incidents
    - responded to, 8678
  - Joshua's Law (Lifejackets for Life), 2023 (Bill 93)
    - second reading, 3891–3892
  - Kids' Online Safety and Privacy Month Act, 2024 (Bill 133)
    - second reading, 9660–9661
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 5736–5737
  - Test Your Smoke Alarm Day Act, 2024 (Bill 177)
    - second reading, 8511–8512
- Progress on the Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 36)
  - second reading, 1413
- Public assets
  - centralization, entities
    - stakeholder consultation, 2514
- Puppy mills
  - definition, 8544
- Queen's Park Restoration Act, 2023 (Bill 75)
  - third reading, 4191
- Question period
  - Animal protection
    - presented, 3041
  - Child care
    - presented, 1825
  - Curriculum
    - presented, 1825
  - Economic development
    - presented, 999–1000
  - Education
    - presented, 2164, 5151–5152
  - Education funding
    - responded to, 8742–8743
  - Emergency preparedness
    - presented, 6997
  - Employment standards
    - responded to, 3318
  - Forest firefighting
    - presented, 5408
  - Forest industry
    - presented, 5409
  - French-language education
    - responded to, 8744–8745
  - GO Transit
    - presented, 5319
  - Government investments
    - presented, 5703
  - Grey Cup
    - presented, 7066–7067
  - Housing
    - presented, 2550
  - Immigrants' skills
    - presented, 10442
  - Mental health services
    - presented, 396–397
    - responded to, 9920–9921, 9924
  - Protection of privacy
    - presented, 5219
  - Public safety
    - presented, 5776–5777
  - Red tape reduction
    - presented, 5324
  - School facilities
    - responded to, 8743–8744
  - Services for seniors and persons with disabilities
    - presented, 3748
  - Skilled trades
    - presented, 10117
  - Small business
    - presented, 6920, 10178–10179
  - Sports and recreation funding
    - responded to, 9930
  - Taxation
    - presented, 5884, 5939, 6368, 6616, 6695, 9550–9551
    - responded to, 9120–9121
  - Tourism
    - presented, 5062–5063, 5462
  - Violence against women
    - presented, 1454–1455
  - Women's employment
    - presented, 5001, 5527
- Reducing Inefficiencies Act (Infrastructure Statute Law Amendments), 2023 (Bill 69)
  - second reading, 2514
- Regulations - business
  - reduction
    - economic impact, 5324
- Rental housing
  - cost of
    - by region
      - Burlington, 5928–5929
- Resource Management and Safety Act, 2024 (Bill 228)
  - second reading, 10692, 10967
- Safer Roads and Communities Act, 2024 (Bill 197)
  - second reading, 9701
- School boards - funding
  - by board
    - Toronto District School Board
      - accountability, 8743
- School boards - information sharing practices
  - to parents, 3714
    - requirements, 3714
- School facilities - capital projects
  - government funding, 8743, 8745
- Schools
  - personal mobile devices, use restrictions, 9067
  - vapes in, banning, 9067
- Senior citizens
  - community accessibility
    - Inclusive Community Grants, 3748
- Skilled trades
  - employment standards
    - enforcement, 10117
  - women in, 9244–9245
- Skilled trades - education and training
  - women
    - community organizations, 7057
  - women, support programs
    - Women's Economic Security Program, 10167
- Skilled trades - recruitment and retention
  - women, 5001, 5527
- Skybolt Construction Company Limited Act, 2024 (Bill Pr60)
  - first reading, 10233
- Soccer goalposts - unanchored
  - regulation of, 9419
    - in other jurisdictions, 9419
  - risk of injury/death, 9418–9419
- Sporting events
  - Grey Cup, 7066
- Sports and recreation
  - government funding
    - After School Program, 9930
- Strengthening Accountability and Student Supports Act, 2024 (Bill 166)
  - second reading, 7651–7652, 7677–7680, 7683, 7686, 7700
- Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
  - amendments, 1858
  - second reading, 1171–1175, 1201–1202, 1229, 1293–1294
  - public consultation, 1889
  - third reading, 1858–1863, 1889, 1897–1898, 1909
- Strengthening Safety and Modernizing Justice Act, 2023 (Bill 102)
  - second reading, 3947
- Suicide - prevention
  - education and awareness
    - World Suicide Prevention Day, 732
- Support for Seniors and Caregivers Act, 2024 (Bill 235)
  - second reading, 11022, 11030
- Teachers
  - collective bargaining, 5151
- Teachers - French-language
  - recruitment and retention
    - government strategy, 8744
- Toronto Metropolitan University
  - name change from Ryerson University, 1172, 1859
- Tourism industry
  - economic impact, 7067
  - general remarks, 5462
  - government-industry partnerships, 5062–5063
- Transit
  - fare system, integration
    - GO Transit and TTC, 6476
- Transit - by region
  - Burlington, 10987
- Transportation for the Future Act, 2023 (Bill 131)
  - third reading, 6476, 6485
- Veterinarians and veterinary technicians
  - veterinary technicians
    - recognition, formal, 9206
- Volunteers
  - appreciation for, 8736
- Water - recreational
  - fatalities due to drowning
    - statistics, 3891
- Wildfire management
  - government strategy, 5408
- Women
  - employment, support programs
    - Investing in Women's Futures, 1455
  - in the workforce, 5001
    - community events
      - Women as Career Coaches mentorship, 3901
- Working for Workers Act, 2023 (Bill 79)
  - second reading, 2990, 3222
- Working for Workers Five Act, 2024 (Bill 190)
  - second reading, 8973–8974, 9228, 9240, 9244–9246
  - third reading, 9840, 9878
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  - presumptive coverage, fire rangers
    - cancers, heart injuries & PTSD, 8940
Pinsonneault, S. (PC, Lambton—Kent—Middlesex)
- Affordable Energy Act, 2024 (Bill 214)
  - second reading, 10081–10083
- Agri-food industry
  - government strategy, 9314
  - greenhouses, by region
    - Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, 10643
- Automobile thefts
  - prevention
    - VIN registration, 10452–10453
- Business - small- and medium-sized
  - small businessenterprise centres (SBEC), 10950–10951
- Carbon tax - impact by industry
  - agri-food, 9314, 10228
- Consumption and treatment services - sites
  - buffer zones and closures, 10453–10454
- Energy generation
  - general remarks, 9545–9546
- Government orders
  - New members of provincial Parliament
    - responded to, 9273–9275
- Highways and roads safety
  - careless driving
    - regulation and enforcement, 10453
- Indigenous communities - economic development
  - government strategy, 9742
- Manufacturing industry
  - facilities by site
    - Norbec (Strathroy), 9792
- Members' inaugural speeches, 9273–9275
- Members' statements
  - Christmas parades in Lambton–Kent–Middlesex, 10878
  - Events in Lambton–Kent–Middlesex, 9633
  - Glencoe greenhouse facility, 10642–10643
  - Norbec manufacturing plant, 9792
  - Remembrance Day, 10263
- Members'/Ministers' constituencies
  - Lambton–Kent–Middlesex, 9274–9275
- Private members' public business
  - Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 193)
    - second reading, 9410
- Provincial parks
  - urban, creation of, 9410
- Question period
  - Indigenous economic development
    - presented, 9742
  - Small business
    - presented, 10950–10951
  - Taxation
    - presented, 9314, 9545–9546, 10228–10229, 10607
- Safer Streets, Stronger Communities Act, 2024 (Bill 223)
  - second reading, 10452–10455
- Trucking industry
  - road safety, enforcement
    - commercial vehicle operator registrations (CVOR), 10453
- Veterans - commemoration
  - Remembrance Day and Remembrance Week, 10263
Pirie, Hon. G. (PC, Timmins)
- Budget speech 2024 (March 26, 2024)
  - responded to, 8077–8080
- Building a Strong Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2023 (Bill 85)
  - third reading, 4272
- Building More Mines Act, 2023 (Bill 71)
  - first reading, 2553–2554
  - second reading, 2651–2654
  - third reading, 4074–4077, 4082–4083
- Carbon tax
  - government response
    - in other jurisdictions, 9478
- Carbon tax - impact by industry
  - natural resources
    - mining, 6276, 9316, 9478
- Critical Minerals Innovation Fund, 2654
- Critical Minerals Strategy
  - history of, 2651
- Economic development - northern Ontario
  - government strategy, 2965–2966
- Government orders
  - Appointment of House officers / Committee membership
    - responded to, 301–304
- Indigenous communities
  - partnership agreements
    - statements by stakeholders, 4259
- Indigenous communities - infrastructure
  - community development agreements
    - Marten Falls First Nation and Webequie First Nation, 7888
- Members'/ministers' inaugural speeches, 301–304
- Mining industry
  - economic development
    - northern Ontario, 4225
  - economic impact, 1615, 2652–2653
  - education and awareness, 1320
  - financing programs, exploration
    - Ontario Junior Exploration Program, 2492
  - gold mining, 10173–10174
  - government strategy, 799, 2968, 3380, 5704, 10994
  - promotion of, 2800
  - regulatory environment
    - stakeholder consultation, 4075–4076
  - trade
    - US manufacturing, 10994–10995
- Mining industry - Critical Minerals Strategy
  - Critical Minerals Innovation Fund, 2654
    - recipients, 9681
  - economic impact, 10335
  - for electric vehicle production, 7415
  - funding, 2492
    - Critical Minerals Innovation Fund, 1709
      - statements by stakeholders, 1709
  - general remarks, 799, 2801
  - government strategy, 10336
  - history of, 2651
- Mining industry - Indigenous communities
  - Indigenous consultation and consent, 4082–4083
- Mining industry - processing
  - facilities, development of
    - Canada Nickle (Timmins), 7415
- Mining industry - tailings and waste
  - niobium relocation
    - community consultation, 9743–9744
- Mining sites
  - Copper Cliff Mine Complex South Project (Sudbury)
    - expansion, 936, 1319
- Mining sites - development
  - general remarks, 937
- Newmont Porcupine (Timmins)
  - water treatment plant
    - development and construction, 1615
- Question period
  - First Nations consultation
    - responded to, 4259
  - Indigenous relations
    - responded to, 9852
  - Mineral exploration and production
    - responded to, 10335–10336
  - Mining industry
    - responded to, 799, 936–937, 1319–1320, 1615, 1709, 1966, 2492, 2800–2801, 2968, 3380, 3866–3867, 4225, 4328–4329, 5704, 7414–7415, 7888, 9681, 9743–9744, 10173–10174, 10994–10995
  - Northern Ontario development
    - responded to, 30
  - Ring of Fire
    - responded to, 494, 556–557
  - Taxation
    - responded to, 6276, 9316, 9478–9479
  - Workplace safety
    - responded to, 3549
- Ring of Fire development
  - government funding
    - federal-provincial coordination, 556
  - Indigenous consultation and consent, 494, 556, 8080
  - infrastructure development
    - environmental assessment process, 30
    - funding, 494
    - Indigenous consultation and consent, 9852
  - partnership agreements
    - with Indigenous communities, 30
- Taykwa Tagamou Nation
  - mining projects
    - partnership agreements, 3380

Last updated Thursday, December 19, 2024

House speaker index

Letter: P

Pang, B. (PC, Markham—Unionville)

Parsa, Hon. M. (PC, Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill)

Pasma, C. (NDP, Ottawa West—Nepean)

Piccini, Hon. D. (PC, Northumberland—Peterborough South)

Pierre, N. (PC, Burlington)

Pinsonneault, S. (PC, Lambton—Kent—Middlesex)

Pirie, Hon. G. (PC, Timmins)